Books - "history"
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Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War
Super 8vo softcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Pimlico 1992
KEYWORDS: Robert K Massie Britain Germany First World War I WWi WW1 19th 20th century military history
Diary of Samuel Pepys (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt maritime illus to front boards, top page edges stained brown, printed front pastedowns, frontispieces, vol 1- xiii + (3) + 666pp, vol 2- ix + (3) + 719pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to spines, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedowns, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffeps, light foxing to prelims, occasional light foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: J M Dent and Sons 1925
KEYWORDS: Samuel Pepys English history journals diaries literature
The Bridge Book
Quarto, illus stapled light card covers, blue lettering to covers, illus/printed eps, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, moderate rusting of staples, moderate tanning to pages, page block partially detached at staples- centre pages completey detached but still present)
PUBLISHER: Art in Australia 1930
KEYWORDS: civil engineering bridges photos photography H Cazneaux Australia Australian Sydney Harbour Bridge history
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: Volume 4: Otago & Southland Provincial Districts
Quarto, half leather bound dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt stamp to front board, printed/patterned eps, illus prelims, xxxii + 1114pp, illus/photos, G+ (v heavy cracking & rubbing to spine, moderate scuffing to board edges, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front gutter, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, minor ink smudging to front pastedown, heavy cracking & closed tearing to gutter of title & preface page, v heavy cracking to rear gutter- board shaky, pg 1113-1114 partially detached, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Company 1905
KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedias cyclopedia series Otago Southland history antiquarian books historical data research resources
Jane's Fighting Ships 1951-52
Oblong quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine (rubbed), blind stamp lettering to boards, printed eps, 51pp ads + xx + 546pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate wrinkling to material on spine & boards, lettering to spine rubbed, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards shaky, heavy creasing to rear page, ex-libris plate to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1951
KEYWORDS: military history Jane's Janes fighting ships series British Great Britain overseas global international warships maritime warfare navies naval
A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour (Facsimile Edition)
FACSIMILE EDITION, folio, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, (6) + xxiii 214pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps/prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Libraries Board of South Australia 1972
KEYWORDS: facsimile editions copies exploration history expeditions South Seas The Endeavour voyages Sydney Parkinson
Haiti: Livre Bleu de la Revolution: 20 Annees de Paix (20 Years of Peace)
TEXT IN FRENCH, ENGLISH & SPANISH, photo of Jean-Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc) on cover, oblong folio, blue buckram boards, illus/photos plates to boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 127pp, illus/photos, VG- (binding sloppy with heavy cracking to gutters throughout, sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional foxing throughout) in slipcase, VG (moderate fraying to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Roland SICSIC N/D
KEYWORDS: Haiti politics political history peace times civil unrest Duvalier
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (3 Vol Set with Maps)
3 VOL SET WITH MAPS, elephant folio, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering/rule & raised bands to spines, gilt lettering to front boards, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces- vol 1 with tissue guard, 801pp total, illus/maps- all present, 8x large folded maps loosely enclosed, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing/surface loss to leatherwork, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate dampstaining & wrinkling to boards of vol 1 & 2, sl water damage to base of vol 3 front board, minor tanning/fading to page edges, bookbinder's sm label to front pastedowns, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888
KEYWORDS: antiquarian books Australia Australasia New Zealand pacific exploration maps atlases atlas history historical voyages
Eros: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexuality
Super octavo softcover (VG+) minor pencil markings; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Westview Press 1997
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek history Greece sexuality sex
Invisible: The History of the Unseen from Plato to Particle Physics
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Vintage 2015
KEYWORDS: physics history popular science
The Physicists
Imperial octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Papermac 1982
KEYWORDS: physics science physicists golden age history
Descartes
Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1978
KEYWORDS: Descartes philosophy philosophers history
The Persistence of Religion
Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: SCM Press 1973
KEYWORDS: religion theology philosophy history
The Naval War Against Hitler
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1971
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval warfare maritime sea defence offensives first editions
Seamen of Britain
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1943
KEYWORDS: maritime history seamen sailors Great Britain British naval navy
U-Boat 977
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1953
KEYWORDS: German u-boats military history u-boat 977 maritime naval warfare
The Phantom of Scapa Flow
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1974
KEYWORDS: military history u-47 Royal Oak naval warfare maritime British Home Fleet
Hitler's Naval War
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Macdonald 1974
KEYWORDS: UK first editions military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval warfare maritime German
New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795-1970
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1974
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime history shipwrecks disasters nautical
On This Rock: 75 Years of St Peter's College, Mountain Road
Super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: St Peter's College 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools academic history St Peter's College